Quotes by Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes

… moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on matters relating to the conduct of life which we never normally doubt, though we know that it is possible, absolutely speaking, that they may be false.

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Doubt

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… regard this body as a machine which, having been made by the hand of God, is incomparably better ordered than any machine that can be devised by man, and contains in itself movements more wonderful than those in any machine. … it is for all practical purposes impossible for a machine to have enough organs to make it act in all the contingencies of life in the way in which our reason makes us act.

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…it is certain that I am really distinct from my body, and can exist without it.

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[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For my part, however, I have always been taught to take a broad overview of things, in order to be able to deduce from them general rules, which might be applicable elsewhere.

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A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more ardent and stronger.

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A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

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States

All is to be doubted.

Doubted

Knowing Who You Are

Who You Are

Although my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite, since it can never reach a point so high that it will be unable to attain any greater increase.

Believe

Logic

Ontology

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Attitude

Optimistic

Running

And as it is the most generous souls who have most gratitude, it is those who have most pride, and who are most base and infirm, who most allow themselves to be carried away by anger and hatred.

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Hatred

Pride

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Quotes by Rene Descartes

Rene Descartes

… moral certainty is certainty which is sufficient to regulate our behaviour, or which measures up to the certainty we have on matters relating to the conduct of life which we never normally doubt, though we know that it is possible, absolutely speaking, that they may be false.

…it is certain that I am really distinct from my body, and can exist without it.

A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more ardent and stronger.

A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.

All is to be doubted.

Although my knowledge grows more and more, nevertheless I do not for that reason believe that it can ever be actually infinite, since it can never reach a point so high that it will be unable to attain any greater increase.

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

And as it is the most generous souls who have most gratitude, it is those who have most pride, and who are most base and infirm, who most allow themselves to be carried away by anger and hatred.

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